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1863-10-14 letter from Jacob Hasbrouck to Rowena Hasbrouck

1863-10-14 letter from Jacob Hasbrouck to Rowena Hasbrouck, Page 1

Head Quarters Camp Mansfield
Carrollton La Jan 14 1863
Rowena
I thought being I had a
few leisure moments I would imp
rove them in writing to you. I mailed
a letter this morning to Uncle Maurice (E-606, Hasbrouck Genealogy)
it was a good long one giving a full
detail of our journey. I think it will
please him very much. [sic] I was just a thinking
how I would like to get a letter from
you it would do me more good than
to have a turkey dinner. We have
got the same orders in camp we had
just after we got here that is to have
3 days of cooked rations on hand
& to be ready to move at an hours
notice. so I suppose we will be out of this
place before long. I have just finished
writing a letter for one of the boys
that cannot write. I will now finish
your. the Papers here have all kinds

Jacob tells Rowena how he has written many letters for her, Uncle Maurice, and for boys who cannot write in his camp. He writes about having dysentery and the health of others in the camp. He expressed that he wished to see her and be reunited with her.

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Translation

Head Quarters Camp Mansfield
Carrollton La Jan 14 1863
Rowena
I thought being I had a
few leisure moments I would imp
rove them in writing to you. I mailed
a letter this morning to Uncle Maurice (E-606, Hasbrouck Genealogy)
it was a good long one giving a full
detail of our journey. I think it will
please him very much. [sic] I was just a thinking
how I would like to get a letter from
you it would do me more good than
to have a turkey dinner. We have
got the same orders in camp we had
just after we got here that is to have
3 days of cooked rations on hand
& to be ready to move at an hours
notice. so I suppose we will be out of this
place before long. I have just finished
writing a letter for one of the boys
that cannot write. I will now finish
your. the Papers here have all kinds